Ghost King (The Stones of Power)

THE BOY STARED idly at the cold gray walls and wondered if the castle dungeons could be any more inhospitable than this chilly turret room with its single window staring like an eye into the teeth of the north wind. The King of Brittania has been assassinated, the great Sword of Power has vanished, and chaos and terror rule the day. The enemies of the realm amass their forces, bent on spreading destruction, and they are aided by the powers of the Witch Queen and the Lord of the Undead. The unlikely heroes are a frail boy and an aging mountain warrior. But the boy has the blood of kings, and the warrior is the legendary Lord of the Lance, Culain. They must overcome incredible odds if they hope to prevail. And they just may succeed, for they have a secret weapon--Culain knows the secret of the Witch Queen Classic heroic fantasy from David Gemmell -the first volume of the Stones of Power sequence.